-n/-ndPlease note that any Wendat form with one or two hyphens attached to it is not a word. The hyphens indicate that the form must take a prefix, a suffix, or both, in order to create a full word in Wendat. Wendat forms with hyphens cannot be used on their own. |
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| Definition |
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| Part of Speech | expanded aspect-mood suffix |
-n |
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| Phonological Form | -n |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *-n |
-nd |
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| Phonological Form | -n |
| Pre-Wendat Form | *-n |
| Notes |
Note on usage:
Both of these forms of the past suffix, -n and -nd, occur with purposive stems. |
Examples for entry
- a’thontenda’wahche’nd de tsou’tayi’
they were going, coming to hunt beaver
- endi’ yehente’nd N. de aweskwahk
I was walking first, [Name] was walking second
- onhwa’ eyia’trahche’nd
I was going to go now to attend it
- stan’ the’yehtahnde’nd
I wasn’t going there, I was not intending to go there